18 must-read biography books like Joan Rivers Confidential: The Unseen Scrapbooks, Joke Cards, Personal Files, and Photos of a Very Funny Woman Who Kept Everything by Melissa Rivers

Cover of Joan Rivers Confidential: The Unseen Scrapbooks, Joke Cards, Personal Files, and Photos of a Very Funny Woman Who Kept Everything by Melissa Rivers

Joan Rivers Confidential: The Unseen Scrapbooks, Joke Cards, Personal Files, and Photos of a Very Funny Woman Who Kept Everything

By: Melissa Rivers

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Joan Rivers is an enduring icon of the 20th century, and her wildly popular humor has appealed to g…

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1. The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder

By: Charles Graeber

3.85

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

After his December 2003 arrest, registered nurse Charlie Cullen was quickly dubbed "The Angel of De… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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2. Diary of a Mad Diva

By: Joan Rivers

3.40

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

Following up the phenomenal success of her headline-making New York Times bestseller I Hate Everyon… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • humor
  • biography
  • comedy
Cover of A Lotus Grows in the Mud by Goldie Hawn, Wendy   Holden

3. A Lotus Grows in the Mud

By: Goldie Hawn , Wendy Holden

4.14

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

With her trademark effervescence, Goldie delivers a personal look at private and powerful events th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • humor
  • biography
Cover of The Secret of Chimneys (Superintendent Battle, #1) by Agatha Christie

4. The Secret of Chimneys (Superintendent Battle, #1)

By: Agatha Christie

3.98

Format: 574 pages, Paperback

A bit of adventure and quick cash is all that good-natured drifter Anthony Cade is looking for when… read more

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5. My Ántonia

By: Willa Cather

4.07

Format: 242 pages, Paperback

Through Jim Burden's endearing, smitten voice, we revisit the remarkable vicissitudes of immigrant … read more

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6. The Princess Diarist

By: Carrie Fisher

4.04

Format: 417 pages, Hardcover

The Princess Diaristis Carrie Fisher's intimate, hilarious and revealing recollection of what happe… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • humor
  • biography
Cover of This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare by Gabourey Sidibe

7. This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare

By: Gabourey Sidibe

4.13

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Gabourey Sidibe--"Gabby" to her legion of fans--skyrocketed to international fame in 2009 when she … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • humor
  • biography
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8. Death by Coffee

By: Alex Erickson

3.59

Format: None pages, Paperback

When Krissy Hancock and her best friend Vicki decide to open a bookstore cafe in their new town of … read more

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9. Cabin Fever: The Sizzling Secrets of a Virgin Air Hostess

By: Mandy Smith , Nicola Stow

3.86

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

The secrets of the Mile High Club revealed ... Mandy Smith spent twelve years strutting down the ai… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • humor
  • biography

10. I Feel Bad about My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman

By: Nora Ephron

4.01

Format: 217 pages, Hardcover

With her disarming, intimate, completely accessible voice, and dry sense of humor, Nora Ephron shar… read more

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11. A Fine Romance

By: Candice Bergen

3.40

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In the follow-up to Knock Wood--her bestselling "engaging, intelligent, and wittily self-deprecatin… read more

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12. Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin

By: Kathy Griffin

3.99

Format: 240 pages,

Official Book Club Selectionis Kathy Griffin unplugged, uncensored, and unafraid to dish about what… read more

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13. Déjà Dead (Temperance Brennan, #1)

By: Kathy Reichs

3.87

Format: 532 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Her life is devoted to justice; for those she never even knew. In the year since Temperance Brennan… read more

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"I needed him here like I needed a yeast infection."

-Kathy Reichs, Déjà Dead (Temperance Brennan, #1)

"He looked like a man on his way to a prostate exam."

-Kathy Reichs, Déjà Dead (Temperance Brennan, #1)

"Sit tight. Deviation from this maxim has usually caused me regret."

-Kathy Reichs, Déjà Dead (Temperance Brennan, #1)

"She wanted to feel safe. Untouchable in her home. The ultimate female fantasy."

-Kathy Reichs, Déjà Dead (Temperance Brennan, #1)

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14. Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics

By: Dolly Parton

4.03

Format: 380 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestseller Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics is a landmark celebration of … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"My coat of many colors that my mama made for me, Made only from rags, but I wore it so proudly. Now I know we had no money, but I was rich as I could be. In my coat of many colors my mama made for me…"

-Dolly Parton, Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics

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15. Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up

By: Selma Blair

3.93

Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition

**THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ** 'Funny and frank, a chance to spend time with a brave… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"To outlive your child is the worst grief, my mother said later that night."

-Selma Blair, Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up

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16. The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family

By: Ron Howard

4.27

Format: 393 pages, Hardcover

Happy Days, The Andy Griffith Show, Gentle Ben—these shows captivated millions of TV viewers in the… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of The Secret Place (Dublin Murder Squad, #5) by Tana French

17. The Secret Place (Dublin Murder Squad, #5)

By: Tana French

3.85

Format: 541 pages, Paperback

A year ago a boy was found murdered at a girlsʼ boarding school, and the case was never solved. Det… read more

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"Above the front door the fanlight glowed blue, delicate as wing-bones."

-Tana French, The Secret Place (Dublin Murder Squad, #5)

"The lines of her face, turned up to the sky, would have broken your heart."

-Tana French, The Secret Place (Dublin Murder Squad, #5)

"Lixa sempre as expectativas das pessoas, companheiro. Faz bem à circulação."

-Tana French, The Secret Place (Dublin Murder Squad, #5)

"I said she's not thick, kid. I didn't say she was Professor fucking Moriarty."

-Tana French, The Secret Place (Dublin Murder Squad, #5)

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18. Love, Pamela

By: Pamela Anderson

3.80

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

To live and dream is a wicked dance. My dreams often come true -- a curse, and a blessing. Pa… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"She told me that you get to have only one true love, and once you've found it, whether you kept it or lost it, you'd never recover...Accepting that was the hardest part."

-Pamela Anderson, Love, Pamela

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19. The Mother of Black Hollywood: A Memoir

By: Jenifer Lewis

4.35

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The "Mega Diva" and legendary star of Black-ish looks back on her memorable journey to fame and the… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • humor
  • biography
"There’s no greater journey than the journey within."

-Jenifer Lewis, The Mother of Black Hollywood: A Memoir

"... my love life in college had a lot of moving parts."

-Jenifer Lewis, The Mother of Black Hollywood: A Memoir

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20. All About Me! My Remarkable Life in Show Business

By: Mel Brooks

4.24

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

At 95, the legendary Mel Brooks continues to set the standard for comedy across television, film, a… read more

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  • humor
  • biography
  • comedy
"I didn’t realize it but I might have created the first cell phone. Had I patented it, I probably would have made so much money that I wouldn’t have had to write this book."

-Mel Brooks, All About Me! My Remarkable Life in Show Business

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21. No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality

By: Michael J. Fox

4.13

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A moving account of resilience, hope, fear and mortality, and how these things resonate in our live… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Life Will Be the Death of Me: . . . and you too! by Chelsea Handler

22. Life Will Be the Death of Me: . . . and you too!

By: Chelsea Handler

4.05

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In a haze of vape smoke on a rare windy night in L.A. in the fall of 2016, Chelsea Handler daydream… read more

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  • humor
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"Whereas siblings tend to police you, cousins are your partners in crime."

-Chelsea Handler, Life Will Be the Death of Me: . . . and you too!

"Judging other people had become my way of avoiding judgment of myself, and I had to do better than that."

-Chelsea Handler, Life Will Be the Death of Me: . . . and you too!

"Now that I had a better understanding of why I was so pissed off, I could finally do something about it."

-Chelsea Handler, Life Will Be the Death of Me: . . . and you too!

"Never in the history of humankind has a woman been told to calm down and then calmed down. We don't like that."

-Chelsea Handler, Life Will Be the Death of Me: . . . and you too!

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23. Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories

By: Kelly Ripa

3.78

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An instant  New York Times  bestseller from Kelly Ripa—a sharp, funny, and honest collection of rea… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • humor
  • biography
Cover of The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers by Maxwell King

24. The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers

By: Maxwell King

3.99

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Fred Rogers (1928–2003) was an enormously influential figure in the history of television and in th… read more

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  • biography
"Good people aren't always good. They just try to be."

-Maxwell King, The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers

"You don't set out to be rich and famous; you set out to be helpful."

-Maxwell King, The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers

"Human kindness was probably the single most important thing to Fred Rogers."

-Maxwell King, The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers

"Everyone...came to deeply appreciate Fred-Time, that slow-paced world of quiet with Rogers at its center."

-Maxwell King, The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers

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25. The Cruise

By: Caroline James

4.20

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Girl power for the over sixties!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Three women. One widowed. One unmarried. One almost… read more

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Cover of The Other Dr. Gilmer: Two Men, a Murder, and an Unlikely Fight for Justice by Benjamin Gilmer

26. The Other Dr. Gilmer: Two Men, a Murder, and an Unlikely Fight for Justice

By: Benjamin Gilmer

4.21

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A rural physician learns that a former doctor at his clinic committed a shocking crime, leading him… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Missing from the Village: The Story of Serial Killer Bruce McArthur, the Search for Justice, and the System That Failed Toronto's Queer Community by Justin Ling

27. Missing from the Village: The Story of Serial Killer Bruce McArthur, the Search for Justice, and the System That Failed Toronto's Queer Community

By: Justin Ling

4.23

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

The tragic and resonant story of the disappearance of eight men--the victims of serial killer Bruce… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Joan Rivers Confidential: The Unseen Scrapbooks, Joke Cards, Personal Files, and Photos of a Very Funny Woman Who Kept Everything by Melissa Rivers

28. Joan Rivers Confidential: The Unseen Scrapbooks, Joke Cards, Personal Files, and Photos of a Very Funny Woman Who Kept Everything

By: Melissa Rivers

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Joan Rivers is an enduring icon of the 20th century, and her wildly popular humor has appealed to g… read more

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Joan Rivers

3.40

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4.14

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Carrie Fisher

4.04

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This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare

Gabourey Sidibe

4.13

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Jeremy Grimaldi

3.45

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Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

Jessica McDiarmid

4.30

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4.15

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